Readings
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Writers-in-Residence Reading
zoomPlease join us on Sunday, October 1, 4:00-5:15pm on Zoom, for a reading by the nine emerging writers who received residencies in our collaborative program with Edith Wharton’s The Mount last March. They will be joined by Straw Dog Writers Guild’s Emerging Writer Fellow who spent a week at The Mount with the last cohort Read More
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A Writer’s Night in November
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesJoin Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild on Thursday, November 16, 6:45-7:45pm for A Writer’s Night with featured reader Justine Dymond. Bio: Justine Dymond’s short story collection The Emigrant and Other Stories (Sowilo Press) won the 2018 Eludia Award from Hidden Rivers Arts. Other awards and honors include a 2020 Mass Cultural Council Read More
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Writers Night Out in December
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060Join us on Tuesday, December 5, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Carolyn A. Cushing at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half of the Read More
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A Writer’s Night in January
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesJoin Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild on Thursday, January 18, 6:45-7:45pm for A Writer’s Night with featured reader Celia Jeffries. Celia Jeffries, author of Blue Desert—winner of the May Sarton award— has had her work published in numerous newspapers and literary magazines including Westview, Solstice Literary Magazine, and Puerto del Sol, as Read More
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Author Showcase
zoomJoin Straw Dog Writers Guild for our annual Author Showcase on January 20th, 4-5:30 on Zoom. Register for this event HERE. Our readers with new books in 2023 will be: Adrie Rose Anne Pinkerton Cherryl Jensen Deb Gorlin Dina Friedman Howie Faerstein Joan Livingston John Sheirer Jordan Hall Lindsay Rockwell Suzanne Rancourt Tzivia Gover
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A Writers Night in February
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesStraw Dog Writers Guild and the Longmeadow Adult Center present A Writer’s Night with Cherryl Jensen, Thursday, February 15, 2024, 6:45 – 7:30pm. Cherryl Jensen grew up among the cornfields of Eastern Iowa, and has lived across the country from Washington on the West Coast to New Hampshire and Massachusetts in Northeastern U.S. She received Read More
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A Writer’s Night in March
On Thursday, March 21, 6:45-7:30pm Straw Dog Writers Guild and The Longmeadow Adult Center present A Writer’s Night with Richard Michelson. RICHARD MICHELSON’s most recent poetry collection is Sleeping as Fast as I Can (Slant Books, 2023). Previous collections include More Money than God (U of Pittsburgh Press), Battles and Lullabies (U of Illinois), Tap Read More
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Viking Runestone Literary Magazine Celebration
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060You are invited to join us for a celebration of artists and writers from Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School. We are excited to announce the launch of The Viking Runestone, Spring 2024 Volume 6 at Forbes Library, Thursday, April 11 at 6:30pm in the Coolidge Room. Straw Dog Writers Guild is proud to collaborate Read More
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A Writer’s Night
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesOn Thursday, April 18, 6:45-7:30pm Straw Dog Writers Guild and The Longmeadow Adult Center present A Writer’s Night with Christopher Boucher. Christopher Boucher is the author of the novels How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive (2011), Golden Delicious (2016) and Big Giant Floating Head (a 2019 Massachusetts Book Award Finalist), all out from Melville House. Read More
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A Writer’s Night in May
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesOn Thursday, May 16, 6:45-7:30pm Straw Dog Writers Guild and The Longmeadow Adult Center present A Writer’s Night with Celia Jeffries. Celia Jeffries, author of Blue Desert—winner of the May Sarton award— has had her work published in numerous newspapers and literary magazines including Westview, Solstice Literary Magazine, and Puerto del Sol, as well as Read More